Month: February 2009

One good thing about Arizona – there’s all kinds of scenery. We were going through files (the old fashioned kind that reside in an honest to goodness file cabinet) and came across a piece of paper where we had written some goals. It was a bucket list before Bucket List. Lo and behond, one of our goals was to visit the Grand Canyon with our two sons. Well we did it! Funny how life works – and works out – sometimes, isn’t it. Although, I have to mention that when the boys realized that a “national park” and an “amusement park” are not the same thing, their enthusiasm did wane a bit.

I’m not even gonna look at how long it’s been since I posted on here. I hit a wall. A stopping point. A stoppage. Life changed dramatically and I’m wondering if the idea this blog was built around is even still applicable or desirable.

For any of you who may still be dropping by to see if maybe, maybe, some small crumb of an update has been dropped here – bless you. (I don’t think you really exist, but sometimes I still look for Santa too.)

The spousal unit and I have relocated from Texas to Arizona. Maybe temporarily, maybe permanently – who knows? Either way, I really lost the desire to do anything “homewise” for awhile, and even now that everything has settled down a bit I can’t find it in me to treat this house we’re in like a home. Although, now that I write that, it seems like a selfish sentiment. Many people go their whole lives without owning the houses they live in, and yet, I would venture to say they feel like they have homes. Maybe I will have to look into ways of making “non-owned” houses into homes. Any ideas?

I know that the most popular thing on this site was my rug and loom project so I will try to get some more information for that but it really is just one episode in an ongoing saga.

(Actually, if I can just share for a moment, writing here has made feel better than I have in days. What a cool thing.)

Ok, enough. I’m gonna go get busy on some posts.

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One guy with one husband two grown children and a yapping dog plows his way through life, occasionally looking back and thinking "Did I do that?"

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Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.

Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.

Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.

Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.